E0677: Pipe

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0677

Classification Category:

3:Personal Artifacts ➞ Personal Gear

Marks/Labels:

Labeled 1957 E-677 on the bowl.

Materials:

clay
clay ➔ ceramic ➔ kaolinite

Dimensions:

Use/Function:

This Siberian style pipe is made from wood, metal, and thread. Using tobacco demonstrated a sign of status for those who could both afford it and have the time to use it. Smoking from this style of pipe was most likely done by the men for ritual purposes. However, smoking and tobacco use in general was very popular among Inuit men, women, and children in the 19th century.

Source Locality:

Brevig Mission, Alaska, USA

Acquisition Date:

1894 – 1917

Description:

Clay pipe in fragments donated by Rev. T.L. Brevig in 1898.

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